Digital BW, The Print

And your point is?

I am quite willing to use products in both avoirdupois and metric. I'm also
pretty fluent in these measures. The products my company makes are metric
also. Hasn't caused our factory workers any difficulties.

My point is that the argument about saving lots of money is bogus. We spent
much more money producing, for instance, local language versions of our
software than in dealing with the difference between US measures and the
Metric system. The latter is just a noise part of the translations.

If you are inclined to regulate economies, please do so. However, regulated
economies have proved less than successful in recent times. Let the market
decide. If US companies were not competitive because they used 8.5x11 paper,
they would change.

-Stephen
 www.sbillard.org/Stephen


> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Wogster [mailto:wogsterca@...] 
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 7:38 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: OT - U.S vs. Europe paper sizes???
> 
> 
> On 20 Sep 2004 at 14:53, Stephen Billard wrote:
> 
> > Actually, no, these are BS reasons. Those businesses which wish to 
> > sell to the metric market make metric products. Those who are 
> > satisfied with the US niche make products for that marked. 
> I said in a 
> > different post, but repeat it here. There is a lot more to 
> marketing 
> > to diverse cultures and countries than the measurements 
> that are used. 
> > Those other expenses far outweigh the savings you have quoted.
> 
> Around 90% of  the products you use today, are made 
> elsewhere, and most of those 
> products are made using metric sized parts, and are made with 
> metric sized tools.  I 
> remember having a set of metric tools in 1975, because every 
> bolt, nut, and 
> component on my Japanize made bicycle was metric.  Your 
> camera has been 
> metric for years as well.   Look at your lenses, for example, 
> the focal length is 50 
> mm, not 2 inches.  Mostly due to the fact that cameras were 
> made in metric 
> countries like Japan and Germany.  
> 
> > Companies will either decide to go the extra costs for this 
> diversity 
> > or they will forgo the markets. The bottom line is that the market 
> > place makes these decisions, not idealists.
> > 
> 
> Many things are metric, and you don't know it, until you look 
> at odd sized 
> measurements, like a toaster that is 6 11/16 x 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 
> because it's actually 
> 17cm x 22cm x 14cm converted and then rounded.  
> 
>